Japan to officially sell weapons to Malaysia

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In an interesting development, Japan will approve the law for arms exports to 12 countries that has official defence pacts with Japan. This will take into effect starting on march 2023. With this law, Japan is allowed to export lethal weapons such as missiles, firearms, fighter jets, etc. This is a major shift in Japanese law which previously only allow non-lethal equipments such as patrol vessels, surveillance equipment (radar), rescue, transport trucks etc. to be exported.

Mitsubishi F-2 Fighter with ASM-3A Supersonic Anti-Ship Missile

Malaysia and Japan signed the Japan-Malaysia Defence Pact in September 2018. Since then Japan has offered to sell or transfer to Malaysia the J/FPS-3 air-defence radar and P-3C Orion Maritime Patrol Aircraft. Non-lethal equipment that has been passed to Malaysia includes two used Offshore Patrol Vessel to MMEA, a training ship to MMEA and speed boats to Marine Police. With the inclusion of Malaysia in this new law, Malaysia will be allowed to buy or be transferred more varieties of weapons that originate from Japan.

So what are some of the interesting equipments that Malaysia can acquire from Japan?

Air force
- ASM-3A supersonic anti-ship missile
- J/FPS-3 air-defence radar 
- Kawasaki P-1 Maritime Patrol Aircraft
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Navy
- Used Oyashio-class submarines
- Type-17 anti-ship missile

 Oyashio-class submarines
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Army
- used Type 87 35mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun
- Type 91 MANPADs
- Type 19 155mm self-propelled howitzer
- Howa Type 20 5.56x45mm assault rifle
- used Type 96 120mm heavy mortar (rifled, same as current TDM 120mm mortars)
- Type 12 land-based anti-ship missile

Type 19 155mm self-propelled howitzer
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Coast Guard
- various coast guard ships.








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